Out of Time | 
 enlarge | Artist: Rem
Label: Warner
Category: Music
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Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 1866
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 26496
UPC: 075992649629
EAN: 0075992649629
ASIN: B000002LOE
Release Date: March 11, 1991
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| Tracks:
| • | Radio Song | | • | Losing My Religion | | • | Low | | • | Near Wild Heaven | | • | Endgame | | • | Shiny Happy People | | • | Belong | | • | Half A World Away | | • | Texarkana | | • | Country Feedback | | • | Me In Honey |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Though R.E.M. titled a later album Monster, this 1991 smash was the true monster, with the little Athens, Georgia, quartet graduating once and for all from its jangling independent-rock roots. The confusion Michael Stipe communicates in the catchy "Losing My Religion" and the dark-and-dreamy "Low" hit the mainstream-rock audience when it was most primed for uneasy angst. (Nirvana's Nevermind was released a few months later.) There are also odd but successful experiments, such as ceding the opening "Radio Song" to rapper KRS-One (with Stipe playing the moaning straight man) and going peppy for the surprisingly non-sarcastic "Shiny Happy People". --Steve Knopper
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| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
 Out of time, not out of ideas June 16, 2008
Mr. B. Mcmillan (Scotland)
This was the time when the UK stood up and took notice of Athens' finest. Their bravery in issuing a mandolin led first single was regrettably offset by their foray into cheesy pop. 'Shiny Happy People' and 'Radio Song' aside, this is an excellent record that holds songs of great variety and boasts two of the best songs of that particular era in 'Losing My Religion' and a song so personal that Mr Stipe had to perform it with his back to the audience - 'Country Feedback'. They may have been thrust upon the UK market for all the wrong reasons (see cheesy pop reference above), but in this case the end very definitely justified the means.
 A MUST OWN ! January 30, 2008
Mr. G. A. Sim (Newcastle upon Tyne)
I lost this album when I moved and had'nt heard it for a few years so I bought it again. The critics say automatic was their best album I do not belive that for one minute! this album is one of the best ever made uplifting and moving. It is timeless................
REM August 11, 2007
Mr. D. J. Bennett (Reading, UK)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This was, in my opinion, REM's best album. For me, far more depth than its successor, Automatic for the People.
Masters of melody, simply stunning. July 21, 2007
Neil Prescott (Hampshire, England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Although it is difficult to say which is REM's best album, in my view, Out of Time just edges it. The consistency in the quality of the songs right the way through the album is frightening. I will never forget the day I first heard Losing My Religion. I was on the bus going to the gym when it came on the radio on my walkman, I've never been as blown away by a song as I was with this on first listen and no song since has had quite the same effect. It's the perfect combination of music, lyrics and melody and still remains in my view the best song ever made.
I hurried out and bought the album on the strength of this song and wasn't disappointed although I was initially when I heard the first 2 songs on the album Radio Song and Low. They have grown slightly but I still think they are poor and always skip them. However the rest of the album is perfection. Near Wild Heaven is joyous, very summery and melodic as is Shiny happy People which although may be a bit silly lyric wise is still as melodic a song as you are likely to hear and great to sing along to. Belong is different but as good as anything else on the album, the harmonies are stunning. Half a World Away is my second favourite song on the album only slightly ahead of Belong. Again, a perfect mix of melody, lyrics and music. Micheal Stipe's voice is superb all through the album but particularly on this song, beautifull. Texarkana is next, I would have prefered Stipe to have sung this but Mills still does a great job. Country Feedback took ages to grow on me and I love it now but still wouldn't include it as a stand out. Me in Honey finishes things off, another great melodic song.
If you like melody and catchy songs then look no further than this album. Pure brilliance. Marks out of 10 for the tracks are as follows.
Radio Song - 7/10
Low - 5/10
Losing My Religion 10/10
Near Wild Heaven 9/10
Endgame 8/10
Shiny Happy People 10/10
Belong 10/10
Half a World Away 10/10
Texakana 9/10
Country Feedback 8/10
Me in Honey 9/10
great lp but not for the reasons you think January 20, 2007
Mr. G. J. Smith (Somerset, UK)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
We all know shiny happy people and losing my religion but there are real gems here that aren't so well known. Like Belong, a story with a an ooh, ooh chorus.
There's also half the world away and me in honey, great songs and totally worth the price of the LP
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